18 Works by Angels_Heap
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Judit sighed and set the receiver back in its cradle. The long-empty setting of her cheap wedding ring caught the light as she moved, almost as if to mock her. With steely resolve, she slipped the ring off her finger and dropped it into her backpack.
Just outside the tiny township of Haute Espérance, deep in the Old-Old South, two stranded RCM officers find themselves in unexpectedly close quarters for the night. Jean overcompensates for a past indiscretion, Judit has a long-overdue epiphany, and they both get to be a little bit selfish.
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- Part 2 of Close to the Window
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As the thought experiment goes: If three Resistance fighters get it on in a cabin in the forest, but no one is around to hear them, do they make a sound?
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Dr. Kleiner experiences a late-night setback, and Civil Protection pays him a visit. Alyx gets caught in a lie, makes a bold move, and proves that Dr. Kleiner can sleep through anything.
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- Part 2 of Passing Through
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“Are you sure it doesn’t bother you?” she asked. “The uncertainty, I mean. Or the possibility that we… can’t?”
An unexpected development leads Alyx and Gordon to reevaluate the trajectory of their lives, and security proves to be an elusive and fragile thing, even in a post-Combine world.
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- Part 3 of Sometimes You Need
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There's a lot to be said for living and working in the same giant underground research facility as the love of your life, but sometimes, the strict dress code can be a real bummer.
(Alternate title: Five times Barney saw Gordon out of uniform and didn't know how to handle it, and one time Gordon's outfit didn't matter at all.)
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Black Mesa East welcomes a visitor from the city. In her quest to make him feel at home, Alyx accidentally catches him in a private moment, and her curiosity gets the best of her.
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- Part 1 of Passing Through
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“They still hadn’t put words to whatever was going on between them, but he was pretty sure he was okay with that. He was content to be whatever she needed him to be… at least until he inevitably dropped dead of a heart attack underneath her.”
In which Barney has a late-night encounter with someone who might be more than a friend, and it turns out they’re not the only ones having a good time.
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Twenty years is a long time to be away from your loved ones. Shortly after breaking his silence, Gordon inadvertently resurrects some ghosts from his past and learns that he has been left in the dark about how the world went on without him. Barney is forced to confront some long-repressed memories. Alyx has a lot of questions.
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- Part 2 of Sometimes You Need
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Thanks to the systemic unreliability of Revachol’s electrical grid, a sexist gesture on the part of the Ethics Division, and a misplaced pair of women’s underwear, Judit and her partner spend a few hours alone in the dark, petting a cat and drowning their sorrows.
It’s all fun and games until the lights come back on.
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- Part 1 of Close to the Window
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Presque vu (from
FrenchSuresne, meaning "almost seen") is the intense feeling of being on the very brink of a powerful epiphany, insight, or revelation, without actually achieving the revelation. -
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In which Harry and Kim return from a week-long stakeout, Jean and Kim have a secret, Harry and Jean push each other’s buttons, and Esprit de Corps is a tattletale.
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After nearly five years spent covering for Harry Du Bois while slowly losing his grip on his own sanity, Jean Vicquemare is used to his poor decisions coming back to haunt him. What he doesn't expect is for one of them to stick around long enough to defy the odds and succeed where he has always failed.
He's not sure where that leaves him.
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Barney and Gordon often dreamed of a life beyond Black Mesa. It was no secret that Gordon had become disillusioned with the private sector, Barney had become disillusioned with everything, and relocating seemed like a safer option, in more ways than one. No matter the circumstances, though, it turns out some things never change: Barney is always running late for work, and Gordon is always with him, one way or another.
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200-: Gordon has a terrible day at work, forgets what day of the week it is, and really isn’t in the mood to sit through a sci-fi action movie. Barney takes it upon himself to get Gordon to relax for once, and he seriously can’t believe this oblivious dork has a PhD.
202-: Barney is frustrated by the limitations of post-Combine medical advances and just can’t seem to take a compliment. Gordon decides that they have some serious catching up to do, completely gives up on subtlety, and finally gets the last laugh.
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Barney made it to White Forest in one piece, albeit somewhat later than anticipated. A very traumatized Gordon needs somewhere to sleep, and rumor has it that Barney's room has an extra bunk. There's nothing quite like sharing a room with your boyfriend for the first time in years to bring out all of your worst insecurities.
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In a post-Combine world, a restoration project and a cassette player pave the way for some serious introspection. As we all know, music has a way of bringing long-hidden emotions to the surface. There is some laughter, there are some tears, and Barney wins a bet.
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Ten long years of working for both Civil Protection and the Resistance changes a person. Barney Calhoun has seen (and done) things that he never would have imagined, but he's always made it through, until he comes across one particular citizen who leads him to question everything he's ever allowed himself to believe.
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Gordon has started to find his voice with his colleagues after the destruction of the Borealis, with one notable exception. He may have also gone missing. Alyx goes searching for answers.
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- Part 1 of Sometimes You Need